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100054

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the event of the United Kingdom not opting back into the provisions of the European Arrest Warrant, which member states still have on their statute books the legislation necessary to revert to the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition 1957.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL2260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>All EU member states have ratified the 1957 Council of Europe Convention on Extradition (ECE). Consequently, they will all have legislation that allows them to operate the ECE with other ECE signatories who do not use the Arrest Warrant. However, a number of EU member states have subsequently passed specific legislation to implement the Arrest Warrant and would need to pass new domestic legislation in order to allow them to operate the ECE with the UK. In some cases, this could be a lengthy process. For example, we believe that it would take the Netherlands at least a year to pass the necessary legislation and during this time they would not be able to issue extradition requests to the UK, or respond to UK extradition requests. Effectively, this would make both countries a safe haven for each others’ criminals.<br><br>Under the 1957 European Convention on Extradition, 22 Member States may also refuse to extradite its own nationals which means that some people may never face justice. In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States have an absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals to the UK:<br><br>Austria<br>Belgium<br>Czech Republic<br>Finland <br>France<br>Germany<br>Greece<br>Latvia<br>Luxembourg<br>Slovakia<br>Slovenia<br>Spain<br>Sweden<br><br>A further nine have made declarations to the 1957 European Convention on Extradition to the effect that they will not extradite their own nationals:<br><br>Bulgaria<br>Croatia<br>Cyprus<br>Estonia<br>Hungary<br>Lithuania<br>Poland<br>Portugal<br>Romania</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/11/2014 12:19:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

100211

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conditions of the recent report of the Dangers of Returning Home by Waging Peace on the monitoring of Sudanese nationals by Sudanese intelligence and security staff within UK borders and the use of the evidence gathered during detention and torture in Sudan, if the Government will reassess the appropriateness of the use of Detained Fast Track in Sudanese asylum cases.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	211403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Detained Fast Track (DFT) and the Detained Non-Suspensive Appeals (DNSA) process exist to deal with claims for asylum that appear, after screening, to be ones where a particularly quick decision can be made. Entry to the Detained Fast Track procedure is determined by reference to published policy available on the Gov.uk website. The policy neither requires nor excludes claims based on the nationality or country of origin of the claimants. The system operates flexibly and in cases where it becomes apparent that a claim is more complicated and cannot be determined within the DFT/DNSA indicative time-scale, the case is taken out of the process and the claimant normally released from detention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/11/2014 10:13:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

93531

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of intent signed at the NATO Summit on 4 September 2014 on the development of a NATO Joint Expeditionary Force.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK's Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a pool of flexible high readiness forces able to respond rapidly to global threats. The UK is working with a number of allies to deliver this capability: Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway. This initiative has been welcomed by NATO. A Letter of Intent, signed at the NATO Summit in Wales in September, outlining development until 2018 when JEF becomes fully operational is attached.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/11/2014 16:57:10 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name 20140904-UK Multi -Joint Expeditionary Force LOI Signed[1].pdf title 210651 - UK - Multi Joint Expenditionary Force previous answer version 23773 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93340

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the level of staff shortage was in the probation service (a) at the latest date for which data is available and (b) in October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	210547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were resourced to deliver their core duties at the point of commencing the new structures on 1 June 2014, for a period of shadow running prior to the transition in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>CRCs are responsible for managing their own vacancies, and we are providing support and advice where required during the transition.</p><p> </p><p>We are implementing a new reporting tool for the National Probation Service from November 2014 which will enable us to capture NPS vacancies centrally to support our workforce planning.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to June 2014 probation services were delivered by 35 Probation Trusts. The Trusts were responsible for managing their own vacancies and no central records were maintained of staffing levels against requirements.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/11/2014 12:18:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

93049

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West on 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 655W, on employment and support allowance: work capability assessment, what the average wait was for an employment and support allowance applicant between completing the ESA 50 questionnaire and undergoing the work capability assessment in the most recent year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	210064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The average time from receipt of an ESA50 to the completion of face to face work capability assessment (for both Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment), for the period from January 2014 to September 2014, was 102 working days.</p><p> </p><p>Maximus Health and Human Services Ltd. has been awarded the contract to succeed Atos Healthcare from March 2015, to undertake Work Capability Assessments. The priority for MAXIMUS Health and Human Services Ltd will be to transition the service smoothly from the current provider, stabilise the operation to deliver the best service possible for claimants, increase the volume of assessments carried out and reduce waiting times without compromising quality.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to work closely with Atos under the current contract and process claims as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90357

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Category D long-sentenced prisoners who have more than two years left to serve to earliest release date are currently in open conditions.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As at 30 June 2014, there were 24 determinate sentence prisoners held in open conditions with more than two years left to serve before their earliest release date and 18 indeterminate sentence prisoners in open conditions with more than two years left to serve before their tariff expiry[1].</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Those prisoners with at least two more years left before their earliest release will either be serving a determinate sentence of four years or more, or an indeterminate sentence with a minimum tariff of two years or more. The earliest date on which an indeterminate sentence prisoner (ISP) may be released from custody is on completion of “tariff” – that is, the minimum period to be served in custody, as determined by the Court, for the purposes of retribution and deterrence.</p><p>Progression to open conditions is never automatic and only follows a satisfactory assessment of the prisoner’s reduction in risk to a level that is manageable in conditions of lower security. The assessment will take account of issues including successful completion of any offending behaviour programmes identified as essential to the risk reduction process and any security intelligence or other information that provides evidence of the prisoner’s trustworthiness for open conditions. For determinate sentence prisoners, this assessment is carried out by an operational manager in the holding prison. For ISPs, it generally involves a recommendation by the independent Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>Once allocated to open prison, prisoners continue to be monitored and are returned to closed prison immediately if there are any concerns about their suitability for such conditions.</p><p> </p><p>When a prisoner moves to the less rigid structure of open conditions an assessment of how the prisoner will adapt to increasing responsibility. For many prisoners, in particular those such as life sentence prisoners, who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody; these can be important components for successful reintegration in the community and therefore a mechanism to help protect the public by reducing the likelihood of reoffending.</p><br /><p>[1] Please note that these figures do not include prisoners held in open conditions in non-predominant function open prisons, nor those held in open sites that are part of multi-site establishments performing different functions, nor those held in small (under 50 place) open units at predominant function closed prisons. Women and young adults are included in the figures.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/11/2014 14:00:33 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

89804

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department holds limited data in respect of question part A &amp; B due to the termination of a previous contractor who was unable to provide detailed management information.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has split the data into the spend relating to Prisoner in cell televisions and other televisions as the majority of spend relates to in cell television supply.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of in cell televisions is funded directly by prisoners through a national TV rental scheme, where prisoners pay £1.00 per week for single occupancy accommodation or 50p per week for dual occupancy accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are only allowed to participate within the rental scheme if they have earned the right through the Prisons Incentives and Earned Privilege Scheme (IEPS).</p><p> </p><p>The costs of In Cell TV purchases is fully met by the TV rental scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested can be found below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013/2014</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014 / 2015 Until September</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Net Spend</p></td><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Net Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In cell televisions</p></td><td><p>£684,912 .00</p></td><td><p>In cell televisions</p></td><td><p>£395,812.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other televisions</p></td><td><p>*No Data Available</p></td><td><p>Other televisions</p></td><td><p>£32, 027.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spend on in cell television has reduced significantly since 2012-2013 since the introduction of a national in- house repair service and central purchase and internal distribution of in cell televisions. Legacy data has been provided from 2009/2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2009/2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010/2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Net Spend</p></td><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Net Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In cell televisions</p></td><td><p>£1,411,162.00</p></td><td><p>In cell televisions</p></td><td><p>£1,104,224.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other televisions</p></td><td><p>£232,552.03</p></td><td><p>Other televisions</p></td><td><p>£164,355</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011/2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012 / 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Net Spend</p></td><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>Net Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In cell televisions</p></td><td><p>£836,038.0</p></td><td><p>In cell televisions</p></td><td><p>£1,128,097.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other televisions</p></td><td><p>£124,334.00</p></td><td><p>Other televisions</p></td><td><p>*No Data Available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The national TV repair service is operated by a Prisoner workshop in the North of England that also provides educational training and purposeful activity for Prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>The refurbishment of televisions also contributes towards reducing the department’s carbon reduction through minimising the purchase of new TV’s. All parts used in TV repairs are salvaged from other sets to maximise the use of unserviceable units.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/11/2014 14:26:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw